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2017 Reno 1868 FC Season
The 2017 Reno 1868 FC season is the club's inaugural season of existence, and their first in the United Soccer League, the second tier of American soccer. Background Ahead of the 2017 season, there had been three professional soccer clubs in Northern Nevada: Reno Rattlers, Northern Nevada Aces, and Nevada Wonders. The announcement of an expansion franchise to join the USL was announced in September 2015. The club's named was decided with a contest known as "USL Reno 2017". Nearly 5,000 entries were submitted, followed by fans choosing from amongst the top six names: Reno FC, FC Reno, Reno Silver FC, Reno City FC, Reno United, or Reno 1868. The fans response refined the contest down to three finalists—Reno FC, Reno United, and Reno 1868—with the winner being Reno 1868, a nod to the founding year of the City of Reno. On June 29, 2016, the club announced a two-year partnership with the San Jose Earthquakes of MLS. It was also stated that San Jose would have control over t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reno 1868 FC
Reno 1868 FC was an American professional soccer team based in Reno, Nevada. Founded in 2015, the team made its debut in the USL Championship in March 2017 and ceased operations after the 2020 season. History Previously, northern Nevada has had three other professional minor league soccer teams: Reno Rattlers, Northern Nevada Aces, and Nevada Wonders. Nevertheless, Reno now has a large youth soccer base and growing popularity of the sport. On September 16, 2015, USL announced that they would expand to Reno, Nevada starting in 2017. The club would be owned by Herbert Simon. To generate interest and increased fan involvement with a successful acquisition of a team, the new "USL Reno 2017" team would be named through a contest. Over 5,300 entries were submitted during a lengthened initial contest portion, followed by fans choosing from amongst the top six names: Reno FC, FC Reno, Reno Silver FC, Reno City FC, Reno United, or Reno 1868. The fans response refined the contest d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Bersano
Matt Bersano (born September 10, 1992) is an American professional soccer player who plays for Major League Soccer club Austin FC. Career Youth, college and amateur After spending his youth career with the Real Salt Lake AZ academy, Bersano began his college career at Oregon State University. He made a total of 54 appearances and recorded 14 clean sheets for the Beavers before transferring to Penn State University in 2015. In his lone season with the Nittany Lions, Bersano made 13 appearances and finished with a 1.19 Goals Against Average and five clean sheets. He also played in the Premier Development League for Lane United FC. Professional Seattle Sounders 2 On March 24, 2016, Bersano signed a professional contract with USL club Seattle Sounders FC 2. He ended up making his professional debut on September 11, coming on as a sub in the 81st minute for the injured Charlie Lyon in S2's away match at Oklahoma City Energy. The match ended in a 2–2 draw. San Jose Earthq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenton Griffiths
Brenton Griffiths (born 9 February 1991) is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a defender. Career Youth Griffiths played for St. Catherine High School in the parish St Catherine and Glenmuir High School in Clarendon, Jamaica before earning a soccer scholarship to Tyler Junior College in Texas. After Tyler JC, he spent two years at the University of South Florida. Senior On 22 January 2013, Griffiths was drafted in the second round (25th overall) of the 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft by the Colorado Rapids and signed to a professional contract three months later. He made his professional debut on 18 May 2013 in a 1–1 draw with the San Jose Earthquakes. He was released by the team on 11 June 2014. In 2014, Griffiths signed with the Orange County Blues. In 2016, Griffiths signed with Reno 1868 FC for the 2017 season. Griffiths was released by Reno on 3 December 2018. Griffiths joined National Premier Soccer League club Miami FC The Miami FC is an American profession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kip Colvey
Kip Warren Colvey II (born 15 March 1994) is a New Zealand former professional footballer. He last played for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer. Early life Colvey was born in Hawaii, but grew up in the Marlborough Sounds in New Zealand. He was educated at Nelson College and played senior football for the Nelson Suburbs club, before moving to Christchurch where he attended the Asia–Pacific Football Academy. Club career College and amateur Colvey spent all four years of his college career at California Polytechnic State University between 2012 and 2015. Colvey also spent the 2013 and 2014 seasons with the Ventura County Fusion of the Premier Development League. In 2013, he scored one goal in twelve league matches while scoring two goals in twelve appearances in 2014. Professional On 19 January 2016, Colvey was drafted 49th overall in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft by San Jose Earthquakes. Kip got his first start of the season on 13 March 2016 against the Portland Timbers and pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland Timbers 2
Portland Timbers 2 is an American professional soccer team based in Portland, Oregon. The team, often referred to as "T2", serves as the reserve squad for the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer (MLS). The team was a member of the USL Championship from 2015 to 2019, and was in the second tier of the United States soccer pyramid beginning in 2016. The organization withdrew from the 2021 USL Championship season so it could better transfer players to its parent club during the COVID-19 pandemic. History The Timbers announced the formation of their USL Pro team at a press conference on October 14, 2014. Jay Vidovich, long-time Wake Forest head coach and two-time NSCAA National Coach of the Year, was hired as T2's head coach on December 18, 2014. Timbers 2 held an open tryout in February 2015. It was announced on February 19 that there are six players currently signed to Timbers 2. Their home games were played at Merlo Field, a soccer-specific stadium at the University of Portland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Richards
Brent Anthony Richards (born May 20, 1990) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Orange County SC in the USL Championship. Career High school Richards played for Camas High School of Camas, WA all four years of his high school career. His most notable year was his fourth and final year, where he led the team to a victory in the WIAA 3A state championship game, alongside future University of Washington teammate Quinton Beasley. College and amateur Richards was one of the Pac-10/Pac-12's top scorers during his collegiate career at the University of Washington. In 72 games for the Huskies, Richards finished with 31 goals, 15 assists and led the Huskies in goals and game-winning goals in each of his four seasons. Following his senior season, Richards was named First-Team Capital One Academic All-American, 2011 Pac-12 Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year and named to the All-West Region first team. Richards also spent three seasons with Portland Timbers U23s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle Sounders FC
Seattle Sounders Football Club is an American professional men's soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete as a member of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The club was established on November 13, 2007, and began play in 2009 as an MLS expansion team. The Sounders are a phoenix club, carrying the same name as the original Sounders franchise that competed in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1974 to 1983. The club's majority owner is Adrian Hanauer, and its minority owners are the estate of Paul Allen, Drew Carey, and 14 families from the Seattle area. Former USL Sounders coach and assistant coach Brian Schmetzer took over as head coach in July 2016 after the departure of Sigi Schmid. The Sounders play their home league matches at Lumen Field, with a reduced capacity of 37,722 seats for most matches. Along with several organized groups, a 53-member marching band called "Sound Wave" supports the club at each home match. Seattle has long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Ockford
James William Ockford (born June 10, 1992) is an American soccer player who plays for Colorado Springs Switchbacks in the USL Championship. Career College and amateur Ockford began his college career at Mount St. Mary's University where he played as a forward for three seasons. In his freshman year with the Mountaineers, Ockford made 17 appearances and finished the year with one assist. In 2011, he made 16 appearances and tallied three goals and three assists. In 2012, he made 17 appearances and tallied two goals. Following the conclusion of the 2012, Mount St. Mary's Athletics announced that it would cut three of their sports programs, including men's soccer. On February 6, 2013, it was announced that Ockford transferred to the University of Louisville for his senior season. In his lone season with the Cardinals, Ockford was converted to defender and he excelled as he made 20 appearances, tallied four goals and helped the Cardinals record nine clean sheets on their wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Golden State Force
FC Golden State Force is an American soccer team based in Whittier, California, United States that currently plays in USL League Two. The club currently plays at Rio Hondo College Rio Hondo College is a public community college in Whittier, California. The college is named after the Rio Hondo. Founded in 1960, it mainly serves the cities of Whittier, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, El Monte, and South El Monte. Rio Hon .... In mid-2019, the club announced Los Angeles Force, a professional team that will compete in the National Independent Soccer Association. Year-by-year Honors * USL PDL Western Conference Champions 2017 * USL PDL Southwest Division Champions 2017, 2018 * USL League Two Western Conference Champions 2019 * USL League Two Southwest Division Champions 2019 References External links * USL League Two teams Whittier, California Soccer clubs in Greater Los Angeles {{California-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Janjigian
Thomas Janjigian (born November 10, 1994) is an American soccer player. He is of Armenian descent. Career Amateur and college Janjigian played high school soccer from 2009 to 2011 at Amador Valley High School. He spent four years playing college soccer at UC Irvine between 2013 and 2016, where he scored 3 goals in 74 appearances. Janjigian also appeared for USL PDL sides OC Pateadores Blues and FC Golden State Force. Professional Reno 1868 On March 24, 2017, Janjigian signed with USL Championship club Reno 1868 FC. He made his professional debut the following day in a 2–0 loss to Orange County SC. Janjigian made his first appearance for Reno's Major League Soccer affiliate, the San Jose Earthquakes, on June 14, 2017, coming on for the injured Florian Jungwirth in the 73rd minute of San Jose's 2–0 U.S. Open Cup victory over the San Francisco Deltas. He was also one of five Reno players called up to play in the Earthquakes' July 14 friendly against Eintracht Frankfur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Vaduz
FC may refer to: Businesses, organisations, and schools * Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India * Finncomm Airlines (IATA code) * FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC * Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Pakistan Science and technology Computing * fc (Unix), computer program that relists commands * FC connector, a type of optical-fiber connector * Flash controller * Family Computer, Japanese version of the Nintendo Entertainment System game console * Fibre Channel, a serial computer bus * Microsoft File Compare program * fc a casefolding feature in perl Vehicles * Fairchild FC, 1920s and 1930s aircraft * Holden FC, a motor vehicle * A second generation Mazda RX-7 car * Fully cellular, a type of container ship Medicine A two-in-one vaccine against the flu and common cold. Other sciences * Female condom (FC1, FC2), a contraceptive * Foot-candle (symbol fc or ft-c), a unit of illumination * Formal charge, a Lewis structure concept in chemist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Von Niederhäusern
Nick von Niederhäusern (born 28 September 1989) is a Swiss footballer who currently plays for SC Young Fellows Juventus in the Swiss Challenge League. Career Club career Von Niederhäuser went through his youth career at FC Wiesendangen and later at FC Winterthur. In December 2007 he made his debut in the first team of FC Winterthur, in a 3-1 away win against FC Lausanne-Sport. He was in the starting lineup and played all 90 minutes. During his time at FC Winterthur, he played a total of 137 games in the Swiss Challenge League and 8 games in the Swiss Cup. In July 2013, he moved to league competitor FC Vaduz, with whom he helped with promotion to the Swiss Super League in his first season. In the same year he won the Liechtenstein Cup after beating USV Eschen/Mauren in the final. In 2015 he extended his contract with FC Vaduz for another year until 2016. After one year in the United States with Reno 1868 FC, Von Niederhäuser moved back to Switzerland in January 2018, sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
